Gleegasm: Making Out With An Armpit

Well, here we are again, gleetards. I already dished about this episode with half of Mrs. Simpson’s homeroom, but I’ve got ten minutes before second period gym. Let’s go by the eighth grade lockers so no losers can listen in.

Better yet, let’s go behind this jump.

Compared to the last few weeks I have relatively little to say about this episode and what I do have to say is all over the place. It felt pretty transitional to me. Plus my favorite thread, the life and loves of Will Schuester, makes little to no appearance here (despite showing up in the recap, which is usually a pretty good bellwether for what kind of hour you’re getting).

Nope, instead we got what I hope is the end of the Kurt/Burt/Finn neediness triangle. I think Kurt’s dad is a really beautiful character or at least a beautifully played one but I’ll be glad if we don’t see him for a while. It’s good Finn is opening up to him and he loves Kurt for who he is and yadda yadda but that’s not what I tune in for.

On the other hand, Sue Sylvester was sparingly used to wonderful effect. I pretty much think she should be like Creed on The Office: give her one or two moments an episode and she’ll nail them. Again, the recap brought up that “Physical” video, so I thought we’d see more silly fallout from that, but I guess not.

In a very Glee turn of events Puck had his mohawk shaved so he lost all of his popularity and the only way to win it back was to seduce Mercedes. Typically that doesn’t make any fucking sense but alright, whatever. I thought “The Lady is a Tramp” was one of the best moments this week so there’s that. “The Boy is Mine” left me really cold, though. Does Santana have a thing for Puck? I can’t keep all this shit straight. I guess this storyline got Mercedes off the Cheerios but I’m still not sure why that happened in the first place. Am I overthinking or underthinking this?

We got to see Kurt sing “Pink Houses” this week. That was… weird. What about “Rose’s Turn,” though? I really do appreciate Glee‘s variety. Every week there’s something I’m glad this show is exposing middle school kids to (Glee’s biggest audience, let’s face it). The writers seem really happy to pull from all over the place, so the fact that Gypsy, Sammy Davis Jr. and Rick Springfield all get some love here is pretty special.

Rick motherfucking Springfield. We should have seen that coming. Finn singing “Jessie’s Girl” was one of the dopiest moments in Glee history. We got to see his intense drum-face again and Will Schuester give him double devilhorns. I would rather watch Rachel mutilate “The Climb” some more.

Oh yeah, and there was a paralyzed football player who puts Rachel’s tonsillitis into perspective. More new characters? Sure, why not.

Stray notes and quotes:
Does this mean Kurt and Britney are over?!
I like how Kurt’s dad never changes his outfit. Just in case you’re really forgetful and need constant wardrobe characterization.
Did anyone else think the “One” performance was high-larious? Dig those somber buttondowns and black and white photos of people holding hands. This song’s serious, you guys!
The secret to Kurt’s soft hands? Duck fat.
The Cheerios just lost ten straight minutes of Mercedes’ Mariah Carey vocal runs.
I liked Puck’s assembly line of nerds getting tossed in the dumpster. It’s a very efficient system they have.
Anyone catch last week’s Community? They got some pretty good digs in on Glee and I have to say, when the chips come down I have to side with Joel McHale. I’d like to see him and Matthew Morrison in a talent duel.
“I’m a sex shark. If I stop moving, I die.”
“So you like showtunes! That doesn’t mean you’re gay, it just means you’re awful!”
“I am like Tinkerbell, Finn. I need applause to live!”
“Kissing my armpits is a really big turn on for me.”
“Britney and I were just having sexual relations.”
“Probably something to do with immigrants.”
“Now I know what it’s like to date a baby.”